"When one teaches, two learn"
A PERFECT TOEFL SCORE. I read about this in today’s newspaper. Although, I’m firmly against the hysteria that involves TOEFL and TOEIC test taking in Korea (English ability should be judged functionally and face to face) – this story really hit the right tone. So...
Jane Hart, bless her heart, runs a nice collection of THE TOP 10 TOOLS LISTS OF LEARNING PROFESSIONS. Check them out and lots of diverse entries. Here’s her own top 25. I’m too late to participate but find my list for last year HERE. Here...
MIXTUBE We have a lot of music here for language learning and teaching. Too much to even begin to list! (actually I have listed it HERE!) However, here is one other hidden resource – our Mixtube list of Lyrics. A vast collection of great videos...
English Central is a new video site bringing “Voice” to learners. I’ve long written and promoted the use of both speech recognition and text to speech for language learners. English Central is at the forefront of this movement harnessing the power of new technology to...
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This is a question that faces many classroom teachers. Is the “slower” student who just can’t seem to acquire English suffering from a learning disability (LD)? Or is this student just going at their own pace or in need of more English input and maybe...
I’m a BIG proponent of storytelling as a way to support language acquisition. Especially culturally specific stories like folktales, jokes, anecdotes and personal stories. We are hardwired for the narrative aspects of language. Studies have shown how allowing students to put their learning into a...
I”m a big proponent of multi modal learning – a classroom and teaching style that begs / borrows and steals to create a dynamic and “rich” learning environment for students. I firmly believe that with ELL, if you can provide students with an audio option/component...
However, many teachers are realizing that the best way to fight something is not to oppose it but rather to harness its own energy and convert that energy into learning (kind of like what judo is all about…). Cell phones can ignite student interest and...
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